Jordy WAS a great Packer. If anyone watched him last season, they could see he lost a step. At 33 years old, he would be best served in the slot, ala Fitzgerald. Who's better in the slot, Cobb or Nelson? Cobb is 27 years old. Nelson reminds me a lot of Freeman when he lost a step. Lombardi always tried to keep his team young, remember that he let Hornug and Taylor go. Father time has no mercy.

I've been a Packer fan a looong time, as many of you have, so I'm sad, but used to this inevitability. However, for my children who have grown up with the Packers of this generation, it is their first taste of that sad reality. My 23-year old daughter, owner of a #87 jersey, broke the news to our family in a group text. She was very distraught.

Blessings, Jordy! Thank you for the memories, and for the class you always displayed.

It's strange about WR's, when they lose their speed, it's immediate. Jordy has a pair of the best hands I've ever seen. The Packers still need real deep speed at WR. I'm thinking they will draft a WR on the First Round of the Draft. They need lots of speed on Defense, but if they could get a speedster it would make the offense so much better. They seem to have found a running game. All they need is someone to take the top off the Defense. If they keep Bulaga, it will give the backups one more year of learning before they are ready to start.

It's strange about WR's, when they lose their speed, it's immediate. Jordy has a pair of the best hands I've ever seen. The Packers still need real deep speed at WR. I'm thinking they will draft a WR on the First Round of the Draft. They need lots of speed on Defense, but if they could get a speedster it would make the offense so much better. They seem to have found a running game. All they need is someone to take the top off the Defense. If they keep Bulaga, it will give the backups one more year of learning before they are ready to start.

Good point. Still, actually thought that each of Adams, Cobb, Jordy, and Jennings all looked good as rookies. In each of those cases, I recall thinking that they often looked quite capable when they played. Jennings got hurt mid-year, IIRC. And Cobb and Jordy came in behind a stacked field, they were just blocked. So as nice as they looked, and reasonably productive when they did get snaps, there just weren't all that many snaps given quality vets ahead of them. Adams played a lot, and had a few excellent games, and some nothing games. But even then, Cobb and Jordy were definitely the men ahead of him.

That opportunity could be VERY different this fall. If all a rookie needs to do is move past Geronimo and Davis, it might not be that hard to get a LOT of snaps. If Adams or Cobb get hurt, even easier yet. Think if Jordy or Cobb were rookies on this roster, they could have had double or triple their snaps and double-or-triple their yards.....

But, I hope somehow there's a pretty good FA WR out there who signs up, and can emerge as a pretty good player with Aaron throwing to him, and given the opportunity. So that a really gifted 2nd-round pick doesn't need to play more snaps than Adams or Jordy or Cobb did.

Hes visiting the Raiders tomorrow. The Packers offered him a chance to come back at a salary just over the 10 year league minimum and he declined. He's gone and I wish him well. Great player and Packer.

The Packers have the slowest WRs in the NFL. Speed kills. Aaron Rodgers was able to cover this up. This team has to get faster. Jordy lost his speed last year. Yes, Jordy was a great receiver in his prime. It was also sad when Sterling Sharpe went down. The team went on to win a Super Bowl.

@AdamSchefterFollow Follow @AdamSchefterMoreRaiders trying to finalize deal today for former Packers’ WR Jordy Nelson, who still is in Oakland, sources tell ESPN. “This is going to get done,” one source said of the talks. Nelson on his way to becoming a Raider.